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Revision as of 05:03, 14 January 2010

Kudo Shizuka (2008)

Kudo Shizuka (工藤静香) is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She was very popular from the late 1980s through the early 1990s. She was also member #38 of the super idol group Onyanko Club and member of the gravure group Momoko Club.

Profile

  • Name: Kudo Shizuka (工藤静香)
  • Married Name: Kimura Shizuka {木村静香}
  • Birthdate: April 14, 1970
  • Birth place: Tokyo, Japan
  • Blood Type: B

Information

In 1984, Kudo Shizuka auditioned for the Miss Seventeen Contest (along with other Onyanko Club members) and won. The following year, Shizuka Kudo, along with Kiyohara Aki and Shibata Kuniko, formed the group Seventeen Club. They released 2 singles and called it quits a short time after.

After Seventeen Club broke up, Shizuka Kudo went on to auditioned for Onyanko Club on May 1986 and passed, becoming the 38th member of Onyanko Club. She was know as a yankee within the club and sang backup on other Onyanko Club members' solo singers, especially Watanabe Marina's debut single. In 1987, she formed the subgroup Ushirogami Hikaretai with Ikuina Akiko and Saito Makiko. She also started to sing main vocals for Onyanko Club starting with the eight single, Katatsumuri Samba.

After Onyanko Club broke up in 1987, Shizuka Kudo pursued a solo career on August 31th with the single Kindan no Telepathy. Soon after, her popularity skyrocketed with her future singles reaching #1 on the Oricon charts. She is consider by many to be one of the Idol Four Queens of the 1980s, along with Minamino Yoko, Asaka Yui, and Nakayama Miho. She also started to write her lyrics starting with the minialbum Karelia. She started to self produce and started to compose her own songs in 1994, starting with the Blue Rose.

She started to star in variety shows and dramas in the 80s. She was a semi regular on the show Tunnels no Nama de Daradara Ikasete!. In 1997, she was in a duo unit Little Kiss with Tunnels member Ishibashi Takaaki, releasing the single A.S.A.P.

In 2000, she married SMAP member Kimura Takuya and had two daughters in 2001 and 2002.

Discography

Kudo Shizuka (2007)
Kudo Shizuka promoting a Tape Cassette CM (1990)
Kudo Shizuka during Onyanko Club (1986)

Albums

Cover Albums

Remix Album

Best Albums

CD-BOX

Singles

Compilation / Other

Videos / DVDs

Filmography

External Links